Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Yerba Buena Light Station

Fog Signal Equipment

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Supplemental Reports

Steam Boiler:

 

Kind:

 

Tube:

 

Dimensions:

 

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Tube desc:

 

Steam tube diameter:

 

Steam Furnace Kind:

 

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Steam heat surface:

 

Steam grate surface:

 

Number of grate bars:

 

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Steam fuel:

 

Steam safety valve:

 

Steam max pressure:

 

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Steam diam of smokestack:

 

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Drum dimension:

 

Steam Drum diameter:

 

Steam covering:

 

Steam boiler condition:

 

Steam boiler built:

 

Where built:

 

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Steam heater:

 

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Size:

 

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Steam Engine kind:

 

Steam Engine revolution:

 

Steam Engine cyl diameter:

 

Steam Engine piston stroke:

 

Steam Engine pipe size:

 

Steam Engine when built:

 

Steam Engine where built:

 

Manufacturer:

 

 

Horizontal

 

flue tube

 

 

 

12'

 

42"

 

41 tubes each 12' long

 

3"

 

flat

 

4'

 

4'

 

2'

 

430 sq. ft.

 

16 sq. ft.

 

17

 

straight

 

coal

 

weight

 

100 lbs

 

50 lbs

 

Brick. bottom 2' 3" top 1' 6"

 

34'

 

length 4'

 

2' 6"

 

mineral wool

 

good

 

1, 1896; 1 earlier

 

San Francisco

 

T.J. Moynihan; Joshua Hendy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 horizontal, 1 upright

 

90 rpm

 

5"

 

9"

 

1" & 3/4"

 

no date

 

no name

 

no name

Steam Signal

Whistle diameter:

 

Whistle height:

 

Whistle orifice:

 

Whistle tone:

 

Whistle chime:

10"

 

15"

 

2.5"

 

single